Food Service Worker - Senior Activity Center locations – County of Bergen

Department of Human Service - Division of Senior Services

Under direction of a Cook, Head Cook, Food Service Supervisor, or other supervisory official, does the less complicated tasks involved in preparing and serving food, and/or in cleaning food service facilities and equipment; does other related duties as required.

Job Responsibilities: (may include but not limited to)

• Acts as general assistant in a kitchen, bakery, cannery, dining room, cafeteria, or other food preparation or service unit.
• Washes, scrubs, pares, hulls, cores, and prepares vegetables, fruits, and berries for cooking or for serving using manual or power-driven equipment.
• Keeps the kitchen or other areas in a safe, clean, and orderly condition at all times.
• Serves food from steam tables or from other cooking utensils and arranges and delivers trays.
• Waits on tables.
• Delivers food to dining rooms.
• Prepares salads, desserts, and beverages.
• Sets tables, changes table linens, and counts dishes, linen, and silverware.
• Washes dishes, trays, pots, pans, silverware, and other kitchen and food service equipment.
• Washes floors, walls, and linoleum in kitchen, dining room, and food storage area.
• Polishes metal equipment and silverware.
• Waxes floors.
• Washes and polishes ranges, roasters, broilers, milk cans, and other equipment.
• Receives and stores food supplies.

Education/Certification Requirements:

• High School Diploma.
• ServSafe Manager certification.

Schedule:

•  Per-Diem

Other Requirements:

• Must be able to lift catering pans up to 25lbs.

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